Sol

#722 for girls in 2025, 389 births · #1,145 for boys in 2025, 184 births
Given to boys 66.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1913 · 218 births
Debut · boys
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
8,285
since 1880

Sol over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202023peak #256, 1913girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#722389#1,145184
2024#821336#1,135186
2023#891301#1,283150
2022#837335#1,168175
2021#1,051240#1,334139
2020#1,224187#1,84980
2019#1,508144#2,08169
2018#1,595134#1,68793
2017#1,902106#2,03269
2016#2,12991#2,25559
2015#2,15288#2,56548
2014#2,08193#2,51649
2013#2,18785#2,99837
2012#2,33680#3,23134
2011#2,41676#2,47850
2010#1,897106#2,46750
2009#2,67268#2,52850
2008#2,41979#3,28634
2007#2,19890#3,02538
2006#2,24885#3,78226
2005#2,58066#2,43347
2004#2,71160#3,01433
2003#2,67359#2,99332
2002#2,97649#3,18828
2001#2,66356#3,41025
2000#2,97447#4,06619
1999#3,80431#4,16217
1998#2,88945#3,59720
1997#3,89728#2,82327
1996#6,39214#4,87812
1995#4,21724#5,50110
1994#6,31914#2,55629
1993#3,87727#3,81916
1992#5,48417#3,60417
1991#7,43011#3,10520
1990#5,06018#4,16713
1989#5,83614#4,81110
1988#6,66611#4,45010
1987#5,92312#4,23910
1986#6,15611#3,65312
1985#5,34813#2,50420
1984#6,8109#2,36421
1983#6,21210#3,63011
1982#5,53412#2,83116
1981#5,88511#2,49619
1980#3,60922#2,28422
1979#3,90319#2,04825
1978#5,95810#2,79915
1977#4,42515#2,06323
1976#3,96316#2,05423
1975#3,63718#2,00123
1974#4,22714#2,35817
1973#3,34219#2,31117
1972#3,54317#1,72126
1971#3,26620#1,86223
1970#4,03814#1,74325
1969#4,41811#2,21715
1968#4,7799#1,83619
1967#3,65613#2,7609
1966#3,14816#2,13214
1965#3,05017#2,61710
1964#5,4747#1,90018
1963#3,63513#2,20014
1962#5,8606#2,67310
1961#4,5469#2,07016
1960#4,7738#1,97317
1959#3,61912#1,80620
1958#6,1035#2,37012
1957#2,27413
1956#2,09115
1955#1,53825
1954#1,70620
1953#5,6735#1,76519
1952#1,70120
1951#1,55323
1950#1,43426
1949#1,38028
1948#1,65620
1947#1,39428
1946#1,23632
1945#1,32725
1944#1,43822
1943#1,57720
1942#1,46723
1941#1,27627
1940#1,31126
1939#1,07036
1938#97742
1937#1,00040
1936#92444
1935#96943
1934#91747
1933#92646
1932#78665
1931#70274
1930#62597
1929#561111
1928#508141
1927#467168
1926#467166
1925#447181
1924#435198
1923#370259
1922#396230
1921#387245
1920#380246
1919#388228
1918#313321
1917#307298
1916#335254
1915#311272
1914#278251
1913#256218
1912#271169
1911#30078
1910#28573
1909#31553
1908#34144
1907#36637
1906#41128
1905#39329
1904#40926
1903#34032
1902#33534
1901#35327
1900#42428
1899#43818
1898#50517
1897#36726
1896#38825
1895#39024
1894#39922
1893#45916
1892#42220
1891#47614
1890#51114
1889#38821
1888#52814
1887#46114
1886#49114
1885#33226
1884#41619
1883#44816
1882#39920
1881#44215
1880#52612
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Sol was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1967, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.

See more about Sol
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 10 spots since 2024 (#1,135#1,145)
  • 704 spots since 2020 (#1,849#1,145)
  • 1,420 spots since 2015 (#2,565#1,145)
  • Biggest jump: 140 spots in 1889 (#528#388)
  • Biggest drop: 159 spots in 1886 (#332#491)
Rise & fade · boys
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1913 at #256 (218 births)
  • Births halved by 1930, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 59 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1880–1938
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,351
  • Highest: 1 in 2,351 boys born in 1913 were named Sol (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,283 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 26.1% of all boys named Sol (2,162) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1995
  • Mostly boys until 1994, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s171#332 (1885)#443
1890s196#367 (1897)#436
1900s338#315 (1909)#369
1910s2,162#256 (1913)#304
1920s1,945#370 (1923)#442
1930s534#625 (1930)#890
1940s251#1,236 (1946)#1,406
1950s193#1,434 (1950)#1,824
1960s142#1,836 (1968)#2,238
1970s217#1,721 (1972)#2,096
1980s151#2,284 (1980)#3,326
1990s181#2,556 (1994)#3,821
2000s332#2,433 (2005)#3,173
2010s558#1,687 (2018)#2,431
2020s914#1,135 (2024)#1,319

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Sol in 2023

girls
#891
301 births · 1 in 5,331 girls
boys
#1,283
150 births · 1 in 11,404 boys

Top girls' names in 2023

  1. #1Olivia15,329
  2. #2Emma13,590
  3. #3Charlotte12,638
  4. #4Amelia12,365
  5. #5Sophia11,999
  6. #6Mia11,404
  7. #7Isabella10,871
  8. #8Ava9,737
  9. #9Evelyn9,121
  10. #10Luna7,853
  11. #891Sol301

Top boys' names in 2023

  1. #1Liam20,904
  2. #2Noah19,116
  3. #3Oliver14,792
  4. #4James11,739
  5. #5Elijah11,523
  6. #6Mateo11,293
  7. #7Theodore11,093
  8. #8Henry10,996
  9. #9Lucas10,890
  10. #10William10,673
  11. #1,283Sol150
More about 2023

girls

1,604,582 girls got a published name in 2023; 1 in 5,331 of them was named Sol, which outranked 94.9% of the 17,615 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sol
  1. #887Emryn303
  2. #887Karter303
  3. #887Keyla303
  4. #891Sol301
  5. #891Giuliana301
  6. #893Amelie300
  7. #894Elliot299
  8. #894Hadlee299

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2022
Risers
  1. 1,640Kaeli#2,319#679
  2. 1,512Alitzel#2,388#876
  3. 1,287Emryn#2,174#887
  4. 813Adhara#1,583#770
  5. 717Azari#1,412#695
Fallers
  1. 364Addilynn#940#1,304
  2. 296India#968#1,264
  3. 259Madisyn#805#1,064
  4. 231Chanel#937#1,168
  5. 219Averi#906#1,125

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 11,404 of them was named Sol, which outranked 91.0% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sol
  1. #1,271Osvaldo151
  2. #1,271Rush151
  3. #1,271Vivaan151
  4. #1,283Sol150
  5. #1,283Carmine150
  6. #1,283Malaki150
  7. #1,283Skylar150
  8. #1,288Aksel149
  9. #1,288Archibald149
  10. #1,288Dovid149

Tied with 4 names at #1,283; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2022
Risers
  1. 858Izael#1,665#807
  2. 662Chozen#1,479#817
  3. 589Eiden#1,479#890
  4. 409Cassian#938#529
  5. 385Kyren#1,322#937
Fallers
  1. 384Dior#842#1,226
  2. 275Maxton#963#1,238
  3. 205Davian#967#1,172
  4. 193Braden#935#1,128
  5. 191Heath#862#1,053

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2023